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Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath not a fan of small plastic bottles, says world is heading toward one-sip water pouchesNithin Kamath, founder of Zerodha, believes that small plastic water bottles are contributing to the plastic waste problem. Kamath notes th...
Single-use plastic ban: Control room set up, punitive action starts from MondayThe Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has set up a control room to monitor the implementation of the ban on 19 identified single-use...
Delhi government forms enforcement teams to monitor restrictions on single-use plastic items"Enforcement teams have been constituted by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and revenue department to implement single-use pla...
Single-use plastic ban: How will it affect listed companies“We believe that the share of plastics used for these banned SUPs (single-use plastic) is not large (less than 2-3%) and our interactions w...
Ban on single-use plastics kicks in: Check the banned items and how much you may be finedEarbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decora...
CPCB takes steps to curb use of single use plasticCPCB has adopted a Comprehensive Action Plan which comprises measures to reduce supply of raw materials, demand side measures to reduce pla...
Delhi Secretariat to ban single-use plastic items from June 1It will be ensured that only alternatives to single-use plastic (SUP) items such as paper plates, cups, straws are used in the Delhi Secret...
Assam govt to phase out single use plasticThe cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided Plastic carry-bags less than 75 microns in thickness with effect from September 30, 2021 and c...
Industry raises concerns about single-use plastic ban proposals; asks for uniform state-level implementationRepresentatives from the packaging industry said a uniform central government notification needs to be followed by the entire country to av...
Ministry proposes three-stage ban on single-use plasticThe proposed prohibition on their manufacture, use, sale, import and handling is in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcemen...
Covid undoing the fight against single-use plastic: Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment"A lot of the bans that states have introduced are really simple to enforce. You could start by banning plastic cutlery — simple things lik...
Modi wants to take away India’s plastic bags and spoonsA crackdown on plastic in India risks jobs losses in an economy that’s seeing the slowest expansion in six years.
Ministries get moving to cut single-use plastic consumptionAll govt departs and organisations under them to launch countrywide campaign from Sept 11; educational institutions also to be roped in.
Govt to launch plastic waste collection drive from September 11To collect 10,000 tons of plastic by Gandhi Jayanti for recycling and disposal by October 2.
FMCG firms may have to collect plastic in MaharashtraThe new notification of the state government on plastic ban that will be issued, on Monday, puts big players such as Unilever and ITC under...
UGC directs universities to ban plastic cups, bottles on campusThe UGC has directed all varsities and higher educational institutions to ban use of plastic cups, lunch packets, straws, bottles and bags ...
UGC directs universities to ban plastic cups, bottles on campusThe directive by the commission comes after the Union Environment Ministry issued an advisory, saying India is the global host of this year...
Plastic invades lion’s abodeLakhs of visitors to the annual Lili Parikrama of Mount Girnar have gone back leaving the Girnar wildlife sanctuary, the abode of Asiatic l...
- Post plastic ban, gutka products to be costly
The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the 1 that it now costs, as t...
- SC bans sale of gutkha in plastic pouches from March 2011
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly also asked the manufacturers to explore and decide by March 2011 on the alternative materia...